Yangzhou governs Jiangdu and Guangling counties, and if the Jiangdu is expanded to the east, the entire canal will be covered, thus forming a checkpoint-like existence on the Grand Canal, as if choking the throat of the north-south exchange.

With a long river to the north, after arriving at Gaoyou is the huge Yongshe Lake, that is, the Gaoyou Lake of the later generations, Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Writings" has recorded, there was a pearl of the Ningshe here: Sun Jue Ningshe sat by the lake at night, suddenly the window was as bright as day, followed the lake to seek, saw a big pearl, its light candle day, that year and then Sun Jue Dengdi. Therefore, Yongshe Lake is also called Pearl Lake.

Liu Qingyan, who sat on the boat with Ye Qing, listened to the light of his eyes, women are naturally more sensitive to jeweled things, and they don't know whether they are nervous or happy with their hands, they hold Ye Qing's sleeves tightly, and their ten fingers still twist the flesh on Ye Qing's arms from time to time, which shows how nervous and excited Miss Liu's mood is!

Compared with Liu Qingyan's nervousness, Zhao Shichun was much more direct: "Who is the commander of the Gaoyou Army?" Now that you've been in office for almost a year, you still don't get involved in the military? ”

Xin Qiji nodded in agreement on the side, if it is really as Ye Qing said, there are pearl mussels in this Yongshe Lake, then it is simply an endless cornucopia!

Seeing that the two of them did not hide their greedy appearance, and then looked at Liu Qingyan, who was looking at him and blinking his eyes as bright as pearls, Ye Daguan smiled and sighed: "Can you pay attention to your image, especially your Chongguo Gong, saliva is flowing out." ”

"Nothing." Saying this, Zhao Shichun still unconsciously reached out and wiped his lips, knowing that he was in Ye Qing's hands, but at this moment he was not embarrassed at all, after all, pearls are more important.

At this time, Xin Qiji, in addition to his heartbeat, could still maintain a trace of a gentleman's style, frowning slightly and looking at the leisurely Ye Qing, the boatman's pulp sounded softly in the stern, and he slowly spoke: "No wonder you haven't moved Lin Zhong, it turns out that you have a plan for a long time!" ”

Ye Qing smiled proudly and said, "Before I can't find a suitable candidate, how can I reveal such a thing in advance?" Now Tian Lin has taken up the post of Gaoyoujun, but ...... If you want to make a difference, after the beginning of spring, or wait for me to come back from Lin'an. ”

"What are you going to do?" Xin Qiji couldn't help asking.

"Naturally, the Gaoyou army camp was moved to a short distance from the shore of Yongshe Lake, and now Lin Zhong is still a general, there is no need to move now, after he and Li Mu leave, it will not be too late to start after the Gaoyou and Huaiyang armies are replaced by Li Zhongfang and Tian Lin." Ye Qing said without concealment.

In exchange for Xin Qiji's deep contempt, it turned out that this guy had already had his own ghost idea, no wonder he had recommended several people for him at the beginning, but he was unmoved, this is another plan.

"When are you going to go to Lin'an?" Zhao Shichun, who didn't know the inside story, asked confusedly: "Did the imperial court summon you back to Beijing?" ”

"It should be soon." Ye Qing nodded.

"You don't even have a personal soldier now, how did you get back?" Xin Qiji frowned and said, now that he knows more or less the cause and effect of some things or the inside story, that's why he has this question.

"Alas...... Brother Jiaxuan, I didn't say you, why do you have a tendon in your elm head? Since I let them pass, don't I have anything else to tell them? Huaiyang and Gaoyou each turned one hundred elites into appeasement soldiers, which is also the highest number of soldiers in the imperial court law column to pacify the pro-soldiers, even if two hundred people enter Lin'an with full armor, it is not a violation. Ye Qing said lightly.

Zhao Shichun and Xin Qiji nodded silently, and at this time they realized how serious their hindsight had been!

Moreover, Ye Qing will always hide his true purpose under several fake purposes, so that people can never guess what his real intentions are at every step.

"Then my porcelain kiln ......." Zhao Shichun blinked, and there was a shudder feeling on his back, feeling that his porcelain kiln was being targeted by Ye Qing, and there was a great possibility that he would not be able to protect it.

"How about discussing it after the Shangyuan Festival?" Ye Qing said with a treacherous and sinister smile.

"I know that you didn't have a good heart, and I treated you so sincerely, and you ......." As soon as Zhao Shichun heard Ye Qing's words, a feeling of chilling heart instantly surged into his heart.

"Stop, I'm going to get goosebumps, it sounds like it's really numb." Ye Qing waved his hand again and again and said to the poor Zhao Shichun, and Liu Qingyan on the side lowered his head and chuckled, afraid that he would be too presumptuous and lose his manners.

Xin Qiji's expression was solemn on the side, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind, but since it was the Yuan Ri season, no matter how important things were, they could be put aside before they thought about it.

Cruising, watching dramas, listening to music, drinking, and having two more oil bottles of Zhao Shichun and Xin Qiji, Ye Qing and Liu Qingyan's rare one-day date can be regarded as a waste.

In the following time, even until the Shangyuan Festival, although the whole Yangzhou City was not as lively as Lin'an City, it was also lively for half a month, and it was a rare peaceful and joyful Yuan Day and Shangyuan Festival in recent years.

Different from the grand scene of the Shangyuan Festival in Lin'an on the surface of the West Lake, although the Shangyuan Festival in Yangzhou is smaller in scale, it also has its charming style and characteristics.

There is no such thing as Xin Qiji's song: thousands of trees bloom at night in the east wind...... BMW carved cars are full of fragrance...... The beautiful scenery is considerable, but the grand scene of a night of fish and dragon dance in Yangzhou is a little more wonderful than Lin'an.

The wind of praying for lanterns flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and now it is regarded as a tradition by the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the streets of Yangzhou are also full of flowers, swaying lights, and all kinds of lanterns are hung all over the streets of Yangzhou.

Birds, birds, animals, flowers, figures and other image lanterns, in Yangzhou Twenty-four Bridges are everywhere, even in the dense river in Yangzhou City, it is also full of small lanterns, on which naturally do not know how many crazy men and women love words and thoughts.

Although it is not as bright as the fire trees and silver flowers in Lin'an, the river channel in Yangzhou is like a fire dragon dancing, which adds a charm and grace to Yangzhou after all.

However, these have nothing to do with Ye Zhifu on Huainan East Road, and similarly, they have nothing to do with his porter, Tao Qian.

The three ladies and a prospective lady took their maids in front, looking at the various lanterns excitedly, tearing off the riddles on the lanterns from time to time, guessing with their "pig" heads, and finally they could only return the riddles to the boss, and then helplessly took out the money and left, and failed to win even a toy for Ye Wujian in Ye Zhifu's arms.

Ye Gucheng was held tightly by the porter for fear of getting lost, but fortunately, Ye Gucheng was still relatively obedient, but after walking a few steps, he was reluctant to go again, so the porter was helpless, so he had to pick up Ye Dagongzi, who loved to eat sugar gourds, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "When you grow up, don't be like your father's scoundrel." ”

"Tao Qian, do you carry a little bit of a person behind your back when you say such things?" Holding Ye Wuji, who had been grabbing his chin in his arms, Ye Zhifu perfectly played the important role of a housewife and man.

Tao Qian smiled without embarrassment, and didn't realize that he was a gentleman in saying bad things behind his back: "Hehe, the child is still young, and he doesn't understand what the old man means." ”

Governor Ye just wanted to warn Tao Qian, but the three ladies in front of him had already begun to urge the two of them to hurry up and follow.

So Governor Ye had no choice but to give up the warning, and helplessly followed the three ladies and a prospective wife, holding the child and following behind to watch the colorful lanterns of the Shangyuan Festival.

Guarantee the lake surface: 24 bridges and bridges are like the moon, the lights are like stars, the small lanterns drifting quietly on the lake surface, as if they correspond to the bright stars in the night sky, there are countless people who put lights in front of them, and there are also countless people who put their hands together and pray sincerely.

Even merchants will pray at this time, whether it is to pray for peace or wealth, or to avoid disasters and diseases, merchants can write all kinds of rhyming auspicious words on the small lamp, and then sell them to the wishers who come to put the lanterns.

So the four losers and a few maids, under the persuasion of the housewives and men, finally ignored Ye Zhifu's suggestion, happily took out the silver in their purses one by one, and then bought the lanterns they wanted and put them on the river.

Looking at the way they closed their eyes and prayed for blessings, Lord Ye naturally wouldn't let them get their wish, so he replaced Ye Wujian in his arms with Ye Gucheng, stretched out his hand to the lake, and the lanterns that had just been released were caught back by Ye Gucheng.

How much moved Ye Qing was that between the lines of each lantern was full of the peace and auspiciousness of the wisher for his sweetheart.

Hurriedly let Ye Gucheng, who was addicted to catching lanterns, put down all the lanterns, and then hurriedly picked them up again, which immediately attracted the eyes of the four ladies, so another sum of silver went into the merchant's pocket.

sighed helplessly, hugged his child and straightened up, and Tao Qian behind him whispered: "Someone is here." ”

After looking back at Dong Chao, who was struggling forward in the crowd, he stretched out his hand to summon Fang Fei, asking him to be optimistic about Ye Gucheng, and signaling them to follow Bai Chun and the others, Ye Qing greeted Dong Chao.

Losing Ye Qing, the head of the family, the girls were a little less interested in watching the lanterns, and after wandering around for a while, they began to go home.

And Ye Qing and Dong Chao, when his wife returned home, finally stepped into an inn.

More than four years have passed in a flash, but Ye Qing still recognized the energetic old man in front of him at a glance, it was Lu Yanlun, who had drunk together in Yingzhou.

"The kid saw Lu Lao, I thought that Lu Lao would arrive a few days later, but I didn't expect to let Lu Lao hurry on the first day, the kid really didn't want to go." Ye Qing stepped forward and saluted and said sincerely.

"You're a lot more stable than before." Lu Yanlun looked Ye Qing up and down, compared to a few years ago, Ye Qing today can be described as a talent, perhaps because of the long-term residence in officialdom, there is a trace of non-anger and self-authority between his eyebrows.

"Come, the old man will introduce you, the closed disciple Xiao Zhen. The old man's protégé! Lu Yanlun did not forget to add a sentence in the end.

"Let Yang Huaizhi, Chen Cishan, and Liu Keshi come over immediately." Ye Qing was also not polite, looking at Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, who were dressed in dust, and then turned his head to Dong Chao and said.

As Dong Chao left, Ye Qing personally poured tea for Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, and then sat down next to Lu Yanlun.

"The old man has guessed all the way, and the more he can't guess, the more he wants to know, what are your clever strategies to make this city wall indestructible?" Lu Yanlun was obviously attracted by Ye Qing's original sale, so he was so anxious to see Ye Qing.

In the Tang Dynasty, yellow clay mortar was used to build walls, and in the Great Song Dynasty, with the emergence of lime, it became a white ash clay slurry formed by lime, yellow clay and water to build walls, as for the glutinous rice slurry used, it still has not appeared, and even if it appears, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty cannot afford to build the city wall with glutinous rice.

It is precisely because of the clear way of building walls in each era that the above method has become a simple and effective way to identify the age of a building, especially a tower.

Because of the relationship between Yuan Ri, Ye Qing is not too sure about whether he can burn cement now, but since he dares to tempt Lu Yanlun to go to Yangzhou, he has naturally been prepared for a long time, that is, if it can't be burned in a short time, he will first use glutinous rice to cook pulp instead, no matter what, it can be regarded as giving Lu Yanlun an explanation, right?

"This thing ......." Ye Qing paused for a moment, and then said a little vaguely: "For the time being, I'm afraid that I won't be able to let Lu Lao see it immediately, and I hope that Lu Lao will give the kid some more time, and once the conditions allow, the kid will definitely ask Lu Lao to look at it as soon as possible." What's more, even if the kid puts things in front of Lu Lao now, presumably with Lu Lao's intoxicated mentality, I'm afraid he will have to give it a try immediately, but now there is no ...... suitable for Lu Lao in Yangzhou. ”

Before Ye Qing finished speaking, Lu Yanlun pointed at him with his finger in the air, and interrupted with a hearty laugh: "You kid's careful thoughts, the old man has been thinking about it halfway on the way here, how can you not know what you want the old man to help you do?" Now you are the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road, and the golden man had almost set foot in Yangzhou in the early years, and now your kid finally has a chance, how can you let the old man succeed in vain with the more solid method of building the wall? Ming people don't say dark words, the old man looks at you well, just at those actions when you were in the Jin Kingdom, the old man recognized you as a year-old friend! ”

"How dare the boy!" Ye Qing hurriedly got up and saluted, Lu Yanlun was bold, this was also the reason why he dared to let Dong Chao invite, of course, it was precisely because of this reason that the two of them could hit it off at first sight in Yingzhou back then.

"Then let's say, the old man brought his proud protégé here, you think it's just to learn your method of building walls? If the old man is not enough, the old man's protégé will never let you down. Lu Yanlun said boldly again.

Ye Qing looked at Lu Yanlun, then at Xiao Zhen, who smiled and nodded at him, and then said in a deep voice: "The kid wants to ask Lu Lao and Brother Xiao to help the kid plan a city, the first strong city in China!" ”

"You kid ......." Lu Yanlun gasped, this kid is simply the courage of the emperor! I dared to ask for the first city in China when I opened my mouth!